William alexander moses



(No Model.) W A, MOSES- RAILWAY JOINT.

No. 393,481. Patented Nov. 27, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER MOSES, OF NEBRASKA, VIRGINIA.

RAILWAY-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part ,of Letters Patent No. 393,481, dated November 27, 1888.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ALEXANDER MosEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at- Nebraska, in the county of Appomattox and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Join ts, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in i-ailwayjoints, its object being to strengthen and brace thejoint and give the meeting ends of the rails a firm support; and it consists in the construction and novel application of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a perspective view'of a rail-joint having the invention attached thereto. Fig. 2 represents a vertical longitudinal view of thejoint. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the angle-iron upon which the ends of the rails rest.

Iteferring'to the drawings by letter, A A designate the meeting ends of two rails resting on the cross-tie B and spiked to the ties on the sides thereof in the usual manner.

0 (1" are the adjacent cross-ties 011 each side of the tie B. The said ties C G are provided with the transverse grooves c a, respectively, in their upper surfaces, which grooves are situated immediately below the rails A.

D is an angle-iron having the endsdd, that lie in the grooves c 0, respectively, and with their upper surfaces flush with those of the lies 0 G, and secured to said tics by the pins d passing through the openings d d in the ends (Z d. The openings d are aligned with each other near one edge of the ends (Z d, and the openings d are aligned with each other near the opposite edge, the openings (1 d of each end being situated at equal angular dis tances from each other. The angle-iron is provided on each side with the arms E,eXtending downwardly from the end portions, d d, and having their lower ends connected by the bar F. When the parts are in position, the tie B rests upon the bar F with the arms E bearing against its vertical sides, so that the angleiron connects and braces three ties together, the tie to which the rail-joint is connected be ing the middle one of the three. The angleiron thus firmly supports and braces the railjoint, extending the supporting-surfaces to the adjacent ties and supporting the middle of thejoint-tie at the under surface.

The device is strong, cheap, and durable, and is obviously very efficient in use.

It should be observed that if the angle-iron D did not have its ends resting in grooves in the adjacent ties it could not be immediately below the rails, so as to be pressed upon and held in place thereby.

It should also be observed that the parts or arms stand in and fill up the spaces between the ties, so that they are held thereby at their proper distances apart and cannot be pulled together when the train passes over the joint.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In a railjoint, an angle-iron supporting from below the cross-tie to which the ends of the rails of the joint are attachcd,and having its horizontally-extended ends seated in grooves in the upper surfaces of the adjacent cross ties flush with said surfaces and immediately bclowtlie rails, substantially as specified.

2. In a rail-joint, an angleiron supporting from below the cross-tie to which the ends of the rails of the joint are attached, having its extended ends secured to the upper surfaces of the adjacentties, and with its arms or blocks E standingin and filling up the spaces between said ties, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a i'ailjoint, the combination of the cross tie B, the erossties C Gadjacent thereto on each side, and provided, respectively, with the transverse grooves c cin their upper sun faces, and the angle-iron D, having the arms E, the cross-bar F, and the ends (1 d, respect ively seated and secured in the grooves c c, with theirsi'irfaces flush with those of the crossties O Cand immediately below the rails forming the joints, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER MOSES.

\Vitnesses:

011. H. SAOKETT, GEO. T. PEER. 

